About the online meeting:
OBSSR will host a pre-application technical assistance “virtual” meeting on the web on Tuesday August 26, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The purpose of the meeting is to provide technical assistance on and to answer any questions regarding the application process. Persons considering submitting applications in response to PAR-08-224 are strongly encouraged to attend the technical assistance meeting. Those who cannot attend are encouraged to visit the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) website following the online meeting (see below).

Meeting attendees must pre-register for the event at their earliest opportunity (instructions for pre-registering are provided below). Upon registering, participants will be emailed instructions for logging on to the website where the web-based meeting will be held. The software application used to display the meeting is “Adobe Connect.” Please review system requirements (below) before the meeting to avoid last minute technical difficulties.

Pre-registration instructions for online meeting

To participate in the webinar, participants MUST pre-register. Instructions for logging on to the meeting website will be provided by reply-mail.

Please list the topics would you most like to see addressed during the technical assistance meeting. If you have any questions or concerns you would like to submit to the presenters before the meeting, you may also list them in your message.

Approximately 1-2 weeks after the technical assistance meeting, a set of Answers to Frequently Asked Questions regarding the preparation of applications in response to the PAR will be posted to a public website. All applicants are encouraged to review the FAQ’s prior to submitting their application. We anticipate updating these as needed and recommend that applicants check back for updates to the FAQs regularly until their submission date.